A full recital, either of these options 
Which would you rather attend?
- A pianist you LOVE playing pieces you HATE
- A pianist you HATE playing pieces you LOVE
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Top option. They might just convert me.
The bottom option would annoy the shit out of me.
This one was easy!
Same reason as festin. I attended a Kissin recital once where he butchered some of my favourite Liszt pieces in front of 1700 people. I did NOT enjoy it, and he made Liszt sound like a bad composer. I wanted to strangle him half way through. Conversely it has happened lots of times that a good pianist converts me with a work I thought I didn’t like.
I’ve attended many recitals which roughly fit into the former category (hate is a strong word, also there’s often something on the programme I like). I can’t think of any occasion where I’ve witnessed the latter.
Haha which Liszt piece?
It was his 2011 tour. I hated all of it, but my favourite piece from it is probably Venezia e Napoli.
I heard that programme as well, but it didn’t leave me with such a negative impression. In fact, it barely made an impression at all. I was much more excited about meeting Ashkenazy during the entracte.
I think he… possibly… played it better later in the year. My recital was during the spring, and I remember listening of Jeff’s rec here from the autumn which I didn’t find so appalling either.
Alex posted the recital I attended a while back and I remember being struck by the ugly sound. It’s definitely something I’m aware of now, but I honestly didn’t notice it then. It might’ve been because I didn’t attend nearly as many concerts back then. For Kissin I even took time off work to attend (because ordinarily I couldn’t make the trip to Sydney during the week). I’d definitely not travel to attend his concerts now!
Yes, I don’t think I’ve ever listened to my recording but what I remember from it is that I thought it was incredibly ugly - sound and interpretations alike. If it had been Haydn or someone I could have lived with it, but I’m sensitive with Liszt.
I wish he had visited the following season instead, at which time I think he played much better.
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if da tube cummah wiz da followin two related-vid choicez:
ZIFF D960
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BZ zcholah KANCERTO
which wud i click firzt?
TRU all u mofoz who voted fo option #1 need to honeztly azk yozelf diz queztion lyk da zepp duz here
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Ziff D960?
Haha full of random IMPROZ n extra bazz octs?
Or ursext?
ahahahah ZIFF IMPRO on D960
iz not da fuckin
D960
juz lyk
TRUMOFO IMPRO on da TWINKY
iz not da fuckin TWINKY
Dun remind moi ov dat CG.
ahahahahah ztill one of da moz legendary SDC artifactz in exiztence
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I juz might haff to make a contrapuntal parasheeyat ov dat too
Fo da NU sdc
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HAHAHAHAHA REZPEC!!!
da NU TWINKY VARZ, dedickated to da ZKEPTO?
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Datz right!
Zupah zlow versheeyat: playing time 3 hours!
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True, no way I’m sitting through that abortion.